High Penn Solar Park (9.6 MW)
High Penn Solar Park is a 9.6 MW solar farm project in Wiltshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 March 2014; the record was last updated on 2 September 2014.
9.6 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
2 September 2014record last updated
Wiltshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 February 2013 | Application submitted |
| 8 October 2013 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 March 2014 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 9.6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 2 September 2014
- Operator or applicant
- Hive Energy
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- 12/04169/FUL
- Site area
- 32.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- High Penn Farm, Calne, Wiltshire
- Council area (by location)
- Wiltshire
- Time to decision
- 32 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1998
Who decides
| Applications | Wiltshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 140 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 18 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 13 of 110 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane | solar farm | 6 | application submitted | 1.2 |
| Bradenstoke solar park | solar farm | 69.8 | operational | 6.3 |
| Forest Gate Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Swallett Energy Park | solar farm | 23 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Lake Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.9 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.4512, -1.986).